At the age of 10, having failed in his lifelong ambition to become a vigilante vampire werewolf – otherwise known as a vamp-wolf – Ray Hamill finally admitted defeat and turned his attention full-time to daydreaming instead.
A mere few decades later, the world of crime fighting’s loss is now the literary world’s gain.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Ray moved to the United States after graduating college, spending time in Boston and San Francisco before settling among the redwoods in Northern California, where he has worked as a journalist for the past 20 years.
In that time he has published three books, including his most recent, Help, My Horse is Drowning!, a humorous look at the world of sports and the life of the enthusiastically delusional athlete in us all.
He previously published the outrageously satirical Free the Leprechauns! as well as the semi-autobiographical Help Me, Im Irish! - a book about the non-meaning of life.
Ray is also the host of a weekly sports talk radio show broadcast locally in Northern California on Blue Ox Community Radio, and a sports blog at barstoolfanatics.com.
The Wildcats pieced together their most complete performance of the season on Monday as they swept a non-conference softball doubleheader against Hayfork. The Ferndale girls took game one 18-1 and followed that […]
By Ray Hamill — The defending Big 5 champs look like they’re going to be tough to stop again this year. On Saturday, the McKinleyville Panthers won a pair of games with […]
By Ray Hamill — Mark April 30 on your calendars. That’s the day the Big 5 softball championship could be decided when the Del Norte Warriors host the Fortuna Huskies in Crescent […]
An early-season loss to Hoopa might have been the best thing to happen to Del Norte baseball this spring Since that 5-4 upset defeat to the Little 4 school in mid March, […]
The McKinleyville Panthers got back to winning ways and kept their Big 5 championship hopes on track with a doubleheader sweep at Eureka in softball on Saturday. Just three days after dropping […]
By Ray Hamill — The H-DNL track and field season got under way this week, with big team performances for the Del Norte boys and girls. The Warriors, who have a lot […]
McKinleyville’s Jake Gardner has taken over the lead in the H-DNL boys golf standings after carding the low round of the day in round two of league play on Thursday. The league […]
With a bye in Big 5 action this weekend, the Arcata Tigers hosted Etna in a non-conference baseball doubleheader on Friday afternoon. The visitors took game 6-1 behind a dominant performance by […]
The Del Norte girls will carry plenty of momentum into Saturday’s big softball doubleheader at Fortuna. On Friday, the Warriors traveled to play Brookings-Harbor in non-conference action and prevailed 17-3 in five […]
The Crusaders took a break from conference play in baseball on Friday but it didn’t slow them down any. The St. Bernard’s boys traveled to Middletown for a doubleheader and won both […]
By Ray Hamill — The first H-DNL track and field meet of the spring was a good one for the Del Norte Warriors, and that’s not the only reason it was a […]
By Ray Hamill — Emily Pesch is spreading her wings in more ways than one this year. The former Eureka Logger track standout is adjusting to life in college while expanding her […]
By Ray Hamill — The race for this year’s Little 4 championship in softball remains in the balance after the two conference frontrunners split a doubleheader in Samoa on Thursday afternoon. Defending L4 […]
The Little 4 leaders comfortably took care of business against a young South Fork team on Thursday, maintaining their unbeaten start to conference play. The St. Bernard’s boys entertained the Cubs in […]
Hoopa and Ferndale split a softball doubleheader at Ferndale High School on Thursday, leaving both schools tied for third in the conference standings. The visitors ran out to a 9-3 win in […]
The Ferndale Wildcats remain well in contention for this year’s Little 4 championship in baseball after securing their second win in three days over the Hoopa Warriors on Thursday. On Tuesday, they […]
Senior Ben Lukens frustrated a dangerous Eureka lineup with a strong performance on the mound at Arcata High on Wednesday. The Tigers ace led his team to a 5-4 victory just four […]
The Arcata Tigers wasted no time putting a disappointing conference-opening doubleheader behind them. After dropping two Big 5 games at home to Del Norte on Saturday, the Tigers bats came out swinging […]
The defending Big 5 baseball champs got their 2025 conference campaign off to a successful start on Wednesday. After watching all of their Big 5 rivals play over the weekend while they […]
Fortuna junior Isabel Sanchez pitched a no-hitter against one of the Huskies’ main challengers for this year’s Big 5 championship on Wednesday afternoon. The junior standout struck out 10 in an 11-1 […]
